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Description: | A fragment of a Roman copper alloy finger ring. The fragment consists of the oval-shaped bezel and two shoulders, with an oval box setting, the stone is lost. The ring is broken off below the two shoulders and the ends have been flattened inwards. The shoulders start to narrow as they move away from the bezel and are decorated with two raised triangles, facing outwards from the box setting. The box setting measures 9.7mm by 8.5mm and the whole fragment measures 15.8mm by 9.6mm. The fragment weighs 1.9g and is 3.4mm thick, including the box setting.Due to the way in which the ends have been bent inwards, it is hard to tell the shape of the hoop but the box setting and the thin nature of the ring suggest that it is probably Guiraud type 4e, dating to the 3rd-4th century AD. However, there is also a possibility that it could originally have had slight shouldering, which would suggest an earlier type.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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